tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271893222326606837.post3333627539995715366..comments2023-12-05T19:37:24.036-05:00Comments on Well Rounded Birth Prep: Labor music & reducing pain perceptionSarah--Well Rounded Birth Prephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00430583826211639431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271893222326606837.post-74918862328993385242011-12-31T00:26:15.731-05:002011-12-31T00:26:15.731-05:00I love this post, and your questions at the end ma...I love this post, and your questions at the end made me chuckle. In one of those fits of 39-week-MUST-PLAN-EVERYTHING insomnia, I spent a few hours making a beautiful playlist of soothing, inspirational music. This was my first baby and I was worried that because my mom and sister had both "needed" to be induced/augmented, I wouldn't get the natural birth I wanted. Well, my labor, start to finish, was around 5 hours—including 54 minutes in the tub, pushing (I counted.) It was like being hit by a train... and needless to say, I didn't get to use any of my relaxing playlist. In fact, in the middle of labor la-la-land, I dimly remember thinking, "Oh no! My labor playlist! How can I have a baby without—HNNNGGGG CONTRACTION!" Ha ha. Good times. :)Mariehttp://twonerdsandababy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271893222326606837.post-12177734266601995352011-12-24T15:49:31.147-05:002011-12-24T15:49:31.147-05:00When I was in labor with my most recent child, I b...When I was in labor with my most recent child, I brought in a tiny mp3 player and headphones in a flesh color. My midwife (hospital midwife) complained at my then-husband that I was always shouting. I had nice soothing music (classical, Groban, Enya, McKennet, and barbershop quartets) going nearly the whole time. The mp3 player wasn't contraband or anything, it just wasn't noticed by the midwife until my little girl was born and we had to move the cords going to the earbuds in order to nurse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com